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   roko's basilisk (vii@dsmc.space)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 06:07:41 JST roko's basilisk
   > Oh, you want to cancel your account?
   > Well first we’re giving you an eye test; can you find the “Yes, continue to cancel account” button between all these advertisements for products we could give you instead of cancelling?
   > Oh, and we need your forwarding address even though all your payments have been digital with a credit card.
   > That’s not a real address. You’re going to have to talk to our chat agent.
   > Oh, you thought you could call us? We’ve made it so pressing 0 no longer takes you to a representative and our phone agent is gonna fuck up too.
   
   I’m going to burn down the building
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     Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 09:32:07 JST Tyler

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     • Ruling Otter
     I'm a bit worried a purchase made on a website might have been a scam but we will see here in the next couple weeks.
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     Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 09:32:08 JST Tyler

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     Time to just start issuing chargebacks so they have to pay the chargeback fee, that will get their attention
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     Ruling Otter (totalslothdeath@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 09:32:08 JST Ruling Otter

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     • Tyler
     I've used privacy.com mostly for entertainment purposes. It is 100% likely to be a honeypot. But used properly with a separate bank account that you only transfer money to when you need it there, it can be quite useful. Setup a credit card that is vendor locked and/or limited total charges, or limited per period charges, or even make it valid only for the first vendor to charge it. And close down the new, CC anytime you want. Plus, it has the added bonus of allowing *any* name to be used at the merchant.
     
     The entertainment can happen if you are buying from someone that seems a bit dicey, but have no other source for what you want. So you buy from them and laugh like a hyena when a month later a couple of attempts to charge the now closed card pop up from India.
     
     [I did a little digging when I first found it and was entirely unsurprised to find they are located in...Chinatown.]
     
     In this particular situation, you can create a new CC in your privacy.com account and set the limit to, oh, $5. Change your payment method to that new card, and then immediately close it after authorization. Amazing how quickly a spurned vendor will *contact you* when your payment method no longer works.